Lisa Zimmerman
@Lisazmfa
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Poet, 3 full-length books, Professor at the U of Northern Colorado. Lover of the natural world & all birds & mammals, especially horses, dogs, foxes, unicorns
Fort Collins, Colorado
Joined May 2014
Happy Father’s Day, no matter what. From my book The Light at the Edge of Everything ✨
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Grateful this poem found a home in such a fine journal among so many great writers ✨
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This poem of mine loses its line breaks when I try to copy it. I’m grateful to Vox Populi for giving it a home ✨ https://t.co/hvRoUXqOZg
voxpopulisphere.com
In the first self-portrait you’ll see me perplexed, holding a painted egg in my hand, sage green with a tumble of pink roses and a yellow bird floating. The egg is not an egg but a stone, small den…
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Grateful to @sho_journal for publishing this poem, and to poet Sean Sexton who took such good care of me at his Treasure Hammock ranch. My writing residency with the Linda Riding Jackson Foundation in 2022 was deeply nourishing and came with my first hurricane😯
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I’m honored that my first publication this year is in Vox Populi. I wrote this elegy when the amazing @toddedillard was leading a workshop in my advanced poetry class last spring 💙
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In honor of this feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a poem from my book Sainted✨
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I taught my last Literature & the Environment class of the semester on Friday. Some days students cried in class. This beautiful, quiet book by @NadiaColburn speaks to all of it—love, loss, beauty, gratitude ✨
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From the harrowing & beautiful book Night Swim by @joanpglass💙 I was reminded by someone I love to cry every tear😭
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Before summer disappears into fall, here’s a poem of mine in the premiere issue of Abraxas Review✨
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It’s my father’s birthday. When he died almost 20 years ago a friend said, “Complicated, yes. Father, yes.” Here’s a poem from my second book.
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Heartfelt thanks to editor and stellar poet @BunkongTuon for publishing 3 of my poems in Cultural Daily✨
The first poem breaks my heart and the rest is just as stunning and beautiful. Please check out these incredible poems by @Lisazmfa . Happy Sunday, folks!
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Grateful to have 2 poems as a featured Colorado poet in this print journal among such stellar writers 💙
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Late night with George Oppen 🌙✨ “I am // of the people the grass / blades touch”
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One of two of my poems published in One Art: a Journal of Poetry ✨
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Thanks to editor Mark Danowsky for publishing these 2 poems of mine ✨ https://t.co/0pylR8MwLF
oneartpoetry.com
Love is Invincible is What I Wrote in my notebook. However, it can only go so far in terms of grief— running parallel to the river, kicking up dust, breathing hard, never stopping to rest. And the …
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I’m so glad my students got to meet this poet 💖 Thank you @toddedillard
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In anticipation of her forthcoming award-winning book, here’s a beautiful poem by @susanlleary ✨
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